Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.
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Episode 1 - Lies, Lies, Lies
Release Date: 1966-09-14Gomer tries to convince his friends that a movie star has invited them all to a barbecue at her house.
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Episode 2 - Crazy Legs Gomer
Release Date: 1966-09-21Carter plans to use Gomer to win the inter-squad competition.
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Episode 3 - Gomer the Carrier
Release Date: 1966-09-28Gomer and Carter are the only ones who don't come down with German measles.
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Episode 4 - Caution: Low Overhead
Release Date: 1966-10-05Sgt. Carter sets out to expose a fraud by proving to Gomer that the man who sold him a cheap watch is a crook.
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Episode 5 - Show Me The Way to Go Home
Release Date: 1966-10-12Gomer is accused by a drunk's wife of turning her husband into an alcoholic.
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Episode 6 - How to Succeed in Farming Without Really Trying
Release Date: 1966-10-19Carter sabotages Gomer's garden by putting vodka in his prize watermelon.
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Episode 7 - Gomer and the Little Men From Outer Space
Release Date: 1966-10-26Carter sends Gomer to a psychiatrist when he claims he has seen men from outer space.
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Episode 8 - The Borrowed Car
Release Date: 1966-11-02Gomer is arrested after wrecking Sgt. Carter's car.
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Episode 9 - Gomer Pyle, Super Chef
Release Date: 1966-11-09Carter bets Sgt. Hacker that he can't teach Gomer to cook a meal.
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Episode 10 - Marry Me, Marry Me
Release Date: 1966-11-16Gomer dates a girl with similar interests, then discovers that she considers them engaged after the first date.
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Episode 11 - Cold Nose, Warm Heart
Release Date: 1966-11-23Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.
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Episode 12 - Follow That Car
Release Date: 1966-11-30Gomer and Carter are captured by smugglers.
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Episode 13 - It Takes Two to Tangle
Release Date: 1966-12-14Sgt. Carter learns Bunny was seen with another man.
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Episode 14 - Whither the Weather
Release Date: 1966-12-21Gomer can predict the weather better than the weather bureau.
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Episode 15 - Love's Old Sweet Song
Release Date: 1966-12-28A songstress applauds Gomer's song with a kiss.
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Episode 16 - Gomer the Recruiter
Release Date: 1967-01-04Gomer unwittingly signs up a fugitive bank robber as a new recruit.
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Episode 17 - The Secret Life of Gomer Pyle
Release Date: 1967-01-11Carter suspects Gomer has been spending his Sundays at the beach; then tries to meet the beauties Gomer appeared with in a magazine.
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Episode 18 - Go Blow Your Horn
Release Date: 1967-01-18Carter tries to transfer Gomer to the Marine band.
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Episode 19 - You Bet Your Won Ton
Release Date: 1967-01-25Gomer holds a farewell dinner in a Chinese restaurant, not knowing it is a front for a gambling operation.
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Episode 20 - Sue The Pants Off 'Em
Release Date: 1967-02-01Two shyster lawyers try to get Gomer and Carter to file a false damage suit after a near miss from an automobile.
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Episode 21 - Gomer the Card Shark
Release Date: 1967-02-08Carter and Duke use Gomer to expose a card cheat.
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Episode 22 - To Re-enlist or Not to Re-enlist
Release Date: 1967-02-15Sgt. Carter attempts to keep Gomer from re-enlisting.
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Episode 23 - Lou Ann Poovie Sings Again
Release Date: 1967-02-22The Marine's favorite nightclub singer returns: Lou-Ann Poovie, who looks like a dream and sings like a nightmare. Sgt. Carter fights for her favors with two rivals -- Gomer and Duke.
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Episode 24 - Gomer, the Welsh Rarebit Fiend
Release Date: 1967-03-01Gomer's love for Welsh rarebit causes him to sleepwalk -- and to tell off Carter.
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Episode 25 - Sing a Song of Papa
Release Date: 1967-03-08A club owner wants Gomer to sing every night.
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Episode 26 - Where There's a Will
Release Date: 1967-03-15Carter volunteers Gomer for a parachute jump.
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Episode 27 - Lost, the Colonel's Daughter
Release Date: 1967-03-22Gomer loses the colonel's daughter at a go-go club, then tracks her to a beatnik den.
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Episode 28 - The Crow Ganef
Release Date: 1967-03-29Gomer's new friend, a crow, turns out to be a thief, plundering everyone -- and stashing the loot in Gomer's locker.
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Episode 29 - One of Our Shells is Missing
Release Date: 1967-04-05Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.
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Episode 30 - Lou Ann Poovie Sings No More
Release Date: 1967-04-12When Lou-Ann is about to be fired from her job as a nightclub singer, Gomer finds her a job as a salesgirl.